Luan's return today

Chapter 28

It stands to reason that the perennial water bandits should have been wielding knives and guns for a long time, and there should be a thick callus on their hands, but the water bandit leader is not like this, his hands are very tender and not as strong as those who practice martial arts.

So Jiang Yue wanted to bring in some inquiries.

About a cup of tea, Mingyu came back and waited outside with the water bandit leader. Jiang Yue got up and adjusted her appearance to make herself look not so weak, and then walked outside.

In the outer room, Jiang Yue looked at the water bandit leader with his hands tied, and saw his brows were flying. Even as a prisoner, he never showed any signs of depression, and his waist was even more straight.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the leader of the water bandits turned around and saw Jiang Yue looking him up and down. He gave a smirk, but he didn't expect to fall into the hands of such a brat. He turned his face to the side and said coldly, "If you want to kill or cut, As you wish."

Jiang Yue didn't talk to him, but just braced herself, sat on the main seat, watched him quietly for half a quarter of an hour, then lowered her head and drank tea, moistened her sore throat, and then said, "What's your name? Where are you from? Why do you want to be a water bandit in this prosperous age?"

The water bandit leader glanced at Jiang Yue mockingly, but did not speak.

When Mingyu saw it, he slapped him on the head, "What are you looking at, the general is asking you something, and you didn't answer quickly."

Hearing this, the leader of the water bandit was taken aback for a moment, no wonder he took the knife from his hand so easily last night, but in a blink of an eye, the mockery on his face became more intense, with a strange look on his face, "Oh, it turned out to be the general, no wonder he felt that it was the general now." Prosperity."

Jiang Yue's brows froze. The world is peaceful now. Although there are natural disasters, the emperor spares no effort to manage them. The food alone has transported no less than 30 tons to the south of the Yangtze River. This man's words are full of disdain. Why? .

"The emperor is benevolent and worried about the people. For this flood in the south of the Yangtze River alone, he has allocated no less than three relief food. Why is it not considered a prosperous age?"

The water bandit leader suddenly turned his head to look at Jiang Yue.

"Three times? Who did you listen to?"

"Jiangnan has received it once in the past few months, and there is more sand in it than grain."

"If there is no food, according to the servant girl in the government office, your officials eat delicious food and drink hot food every day, and now such a difficult time, you can still sing and sing every night, which can be heard from miles away."

"But it looks like it. Every three or four days, a porridge shed is opened, and it is said to be porridge, but each person can get a bowl of rice soup to drink. Let me ask you, how can this save life?"

"If this can be regarded as benevolence, then here it is, do you want it?"

The more Jiang Yue listened, the more she felt something was wrong. She read the details of the disaster relief, which clearly stated that the relief food was three times, and each time the food was [-] dans. Why did this person keep saying that there was no food.

Besides, if you want to have fun in the capital, wouldn't it be more convenient, why go to the south of the Yangtze River, if you are not afraid of being criticized?Jiang Yue also heard that these three officials took the initiative to go to the disaster relief.

She looked at the water bandit leader suspiciously, and said with a serious face, "How do you know this so clearly?"

"I am one of the victims of this flood, how could I not know about it?" The leader of the water bandit said coldly, "If you don't believe me, you can send someone to inquire about the Jiangnan Sujia Embroidery Workshop, I am the Sujia Embroidery Workshop The head of the family, Su Ze."

Jiang Yue was surprised, he guessed that this person's identity must be either rich or noble, but he didn't expect that he was actually the head of the Jiangnan Sujia Embroidery Workshop.

Jiangnan Sujia Embroidery Workshop is a representative of southern embroidery. It is famous for its double-sided embroidery. It is also a must-choice for tributes in the south. Before she entered the military camp, this embroidery was the only one given to her by the emperor. of.

But Jiang Yue couldn't imagine how the Su family's wealth and wealth would fall to the level of water bandits, so she asked aloud.

Since Su Ze has already told Jiang Yue his identity, there is no need to hide these things.

"As we all know, I am the only Sujia embroidery workshop in Liguo. Because of the quality of embroidery, I have never opened a branch store, and the number of orders for my embroidery throughout the years cannot be underestimated."

"But embroidery is the most water-resistant. A heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River flooded all the warehouses of my house. No matter how rich my family is, I can't afford such a large amount of breach of contract compensation, so it went down."

"At first, we thought that we have paid a lot of tribute to the south of the Yangtze River over the years. The emperor will definitely not sit idly by when this disaster is caused. Who knows that the emperor is so heartless. It is only a symbolic allocation of food, which is not enough for life."

"Besides, the officials sent to relieve the disaster didn't care about our lives. If we don't come out to make a living, our family will die there."

Jiang Yue frowned, feeling that something was wrong with his words, "You once said that the government government doesn't serve porridge, and they play songs every night, so why would they let you out? Aren't you afraid of suing the imperial court?"

As soon as the officials in the south of the Yangtze River were mentioned, Su Ze's face turned livid, and he hated them deeply. He wished to chop them up with a knife, and he gritted his teeth and explained every word.

"Do you think the disaster relief officials in the south of the Yangtze River will let us come out for no reason?"

"That's because we collectively pooled money to bribe them. They were also afraid that we would come out and sue the imperial court, so they deliberately took one person from each of our family as hostages in the government office. My Su family is my old mother. If they dare to sue the imperial court status, then the first person to die is my old mother."

"Although we have come out, more than half of the money we got has to be handed over to them, and the rest can buy some food from their hands to keep the family alive."

"And the other poor people died after they couldn't make it through, and there was no one to collect the corpse."

The more Jiang Yue listened, the more she frowned. Seeing Su Ze's appearance, it didn't seem like she was lying. Could it be that the officials of the court really did this?She couldn't believe it. It seemed that she had to go to Jiangnan to check it out.

But Jiang Yue didn't approve of Su Ze's being a water bandit and robbing others, "Even so, you shouldn't be water bandits."

Mentioning this, Su Ze felt ashamed, his face flushed with embarrassment, and he lowered his head.

"I don't know if I should, but the money from other businesses is too slow, and it can't satisfy the vampires in the government office at all."

"But even though we became water bandits, we never hurt anyone. This is to steal half of the gold, silver and jewels, and leave half to the original owner. We will also leave their addresses and names. When my Su family rises, I will definitely kill you." double repayment."

Jiang Yue sighed and had nothing to say for a moment.

Seeing that Jiang Yue didn't say a word, Su Ze thought she didn't believe it, so he smiled wryly, "I knew you wouldn't believe it, so why bother to pretend."

"Mingyu untie Mr. Su." Jiang Yue came back to her senses, sat upright, with a solemn expression, and then said, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this matter is of great importance, so naturally I can't listen to your one-sided words, so I should be careful Investigate before making a conclusion."

Su Ze looked at Jiang Yue suspiciously, a little disbelieving, "You? Can you take care of this?"

(End of this chapter)